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Eldon L. Ham
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Biography
Eldon L. Ham is a member of the faculty at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law where he has taught Sports, Law & Society since 1994 and won the Distinguished Service Award in 2010. He is also the designated legal analyst for WSCR Sports Radio in Chicago and is the author of five books on topics of sports history, including the newest release All the Babe's Men: Baseball's Greatest Home Run Seasons and How They Changed America (Potomac Books). His prior release was a 2012 sports finalist for the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Broadcasting Baseball: A History of the National Pastime on Radio and Television (McFarland). He has been nationally quoted in such venues as the New York Times, USA Today,Business Week, , Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, and many more, and his articles have been published by the New York Times, Harvard University Sports Law Journal, Street & Smith Sports Business Journal, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Trial Magazine, Seton Hall Sports Law Journal, Marquette Sports Law Review, and others.
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Licensed in Illinois for 49 years
State: Illinois
Acquired: 1976
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Eldon Ham PC
303 W Madison St Ste 850, Chicago, IL, 60606-3312
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Experience
Honors
2014
Third Place Medal Winner, All the Babe's Men, National Independent Publisher Book Awards
2010
Distinguished Service, Chicago Kent Law School
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Sports Legal Analyst, WSCR-Radio, Chicago
1994 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Chicago Kent College Of Law
1976 - Present
Owner, Eldon L. Ham, P.C.
2005 - 2006
Adjunct Professor, John Marshall Law School
2004 - 2008
Co-Founder, Sports Is Education Foundation
1999 - 2004
Co-Owner, Hoosier Bat Company
1991 - 1998
Founder, Gameplan, Inc.
1989 - 1995
Co-founder and Managing Partner, ZUCKER, HAM & MANDELL, LTD.
1989 - 1992
Chief Operating Officer, Zucker Sports Management Group
1984 - 1989
Founding and Managing Partner, HAM & PAWLAN, LTD., Attorneys at Law
1976 - 1984
Partner, MARCUS, ESSES, HAM & ASSOCIATES, LTD., Attorneys at Law
Associations
1976 - Present
Illinois State Bar AssociationMember
1976 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2008 - 2010
Chicago Bar Association, Law and Literature CommitteeChair
Education
1976
Chicago-Kent College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1973
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2016
Sports Law Symposium
The Business of Athletes' Ownership Rights
2015
North Suburban Law Association
Sports Law Issues
2008
Chicago Bar Association CLE
Understanding Legal Issues through Sports Law cases and developments
2001
Kellogg School of Management
Sports Marketing
Publications
2016
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Can baseball help break impasse on Judge Garland?
2016
Portfolio Media (Law360)
How 4th Circ. Failed To Clarify Athlete Disability Rights
2015
2014
Berkley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law
Pretext: The Dark Side of Baseball
2012
New York Times
Give the Ref a Gavel
2010
Harvard Sports & Entertainment Law Journal
Hardball Free Agency—The Unintended Demise of Salary Arbitration in Major League Baseball: How the Law of Unintended Consequences Crippled the Salary Arbitration Remedy—and How to Fix It.
2009
Marquette Sports Law Review
The Immaculate Deception: How the Holy Grail of Protectionism Led to the Great Steroid Era
2008
Illinois State Bar Association
Must Violence Among Athletes Be A Crime That Pays?
Languages
English